Practice question
A qualified Filipino bidder invokes Article XII, Section 10, second paragraph, in a State transaction involving national patrimony. The agency refuses even to consider the command solely because Congress has enacted no implementing law. Is that stated reason sufficient?
- Yes, because every economic clause is non-self-executing.
- No, because Manila Prince treats this particular constitutional command as self-executing.
- Yes, because agencies may suspend constitutional duties by bidding rules.
- No, because any Filipino bidder automatically wins every State transaction.
- Yes, unless the bidder first obtains a constitutional amendment.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article XII Section 10 second paragraph: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Manila Prince Hotel v. GSIS, G.R. No. 122156, February 3, 1997, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/34508
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